I was praying. I wasn’t thinking. I was praying.

I had no doubt. Watching him on tape. Talking with the kid. The way he reacted to certain questions I asked. I was pretty hard on him with some of the questions, and his reaction...

They said you were soft, you won’t block. Say you drop balls, and he took offense to that. I was glad to see that. The year before I had some of the same questions for...

You’ve got to be able to do both well.

The rap on him coming out, talking with some of the other tight end coaches in the league, they questioned his hands and I was glad they did. I had my eyes on him from...

He’s had a phenomenal year. It’s what we expected from him. Studying him before the draft, he’s everything we thought he was.

His strong-suit is blocking. He’s the guy who’s going to hold down the edge for me. But Alex is the guy who is going to set the tone.